Yes, from what I understood, the telemetry is from SiPhi and yes I'm sure
he got paid....how much?? That I don't know... :)
Also I'm sure they had to pay Gamespy to allow use of thier matchmaking
service. I would hope they find a way to pay somebody to improve the
connection issues they have. They brought in a FF expert for F1 2001 and he
did a bang-up job improving the FF effects that were rather bland before
that title. They have made some good strides in improving the Multiplayer
mod, you can keep players from joining during qualifying(so the momentary
pause for everyone doesn't wreck your lap) you can now have open practice
instead of sitting in the chat lobby waiting for everyone.
But you can't chat from the car, you can't race with a large online group
unless you have a MEGA comercial grade pipe for the host. And from what I
gather, there isn't much in the way of post race results files that leagues
would need.
So I will applaud the progress they are making, but they have GOT to
find a way to reduce the huge amount of bandwidth their multi requires.
dave henrie